253. 5 Things to Consider When Thinking About Counting Calories: Move Past Calorie Shortcomings to Put Them to Work For Health + Weight Management

Is monitoring calories a worthwhile effort? Are all calories equal? Can they give us all the answers for weight management and health? We’ll talk about the shortcomings of relying fully on calories, but will also figure out how to approach calorie counting with nuance to make it a potentially powerful tool for our health journeys!

 

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RESOURCES AND SOURCES (some links may be affiliate links)

NOT ALL CALORIES ARE EQUAL: WHAT TO KNOW TO USE THEM FOR BETTER HEALTH AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT

• WWW Ep. 252: Banishing Belly Fat
• 6 Charts That Show How Much More Americans Eat Than They Used To, businessinsider.com
• Insulin Levels, Hunger and Food Intake: An Example of Feedback Loops in Body Weight Regulation, nih.gov
• Meal Timing and its Role in Obesity and Related Diseases, frontiersin.org
• Does More Information Mean Better Choices? A Study on Calorie Display and Consumer Behavior in Restaurants, sciencedirect.com

CALORIES 101

• Why Calories Don’t Matter, drhyman.com
• Good Calories, Bad Calories, by Gary Taubes.
• The Caldor Pocket Calorie Counter Book(let) of My Youth, or something pretty close!
• New Scientific Study: Calories Matter, paleomom.com